S A N D R A S E M B E L

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING-LEARNING GUIDE

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER

Goal:

Communication

Strategy:

Total Involvement

Skills Development:

Frequent Practice

TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

Opening

Present Learning Materials

Guided Practice

Independent Practice

Closing

• Greetings• Ice breaking• Review and introducing the new

topic

• Reading/listening text• Or: Dialog• Supporting vocabulary/grammar

Learning Activities – with guidance and examples• Whole class, group, pairs, individually

Independent Learning Activities• Whole class, group, pairs, individually

SummarizingLearning logExpanding to off-class activities

COMMUNICATION

• The goal of language teaching and learning is to enable learners to communicate using the target language.

• Therefore, learn to communicate, not just learn to know ‘grammar’ or ‘vocabulary’ in isolation. (Grammar and Vocabulary should support your communication needs)

TOTAL INVOLVEMENT

To learn a foreign language effectively, you need to be totally involved in the language: Physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Practice the language every day: listen, read, speak and write in English every day.• Listen to songs or the news in English• Read interesting topics in English• Speak: Take 1 minute a day to talk about anything that is interesting

to you.• Write: write your daily learning journal – 1 sentence a day up to 1

paragraph a day.

TOTAL INVOLVEMENT

• Total involvement also means active learning.• Active learning involves many activities: Learning and

sharing, discussions, presentations.

PRACTICE

• Learning a foreign language requires frequent practice. So, make optimal use of the practice time in class and outside the class.

• Practice the language that is meaningful to you (based on your needs and interest).

GOOD LUCK!